SynthesisObesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity2025
A meta-analysis assessing reliability of the Yale Food Addiction Scale: Implications for compulsive eating and obesity.
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- A meta-analysis assessing reliability of the Yale Food Addiction Scale: Implications for compulsive eating and obesity.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025Pooled it
- Development and validation of a short form of the Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0 in adolescents.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Examining the association between food addiction, stress, and social competence.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- The relationship between problematic digital media use and food addiction, eating behaviours, and obesity: a cross-sectional study on Turkish university students.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Association between food addiction and body image dissatisfaction in bariatric surgery candidates: a cross-sectional study.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Psychometric Validation of the YFAS 2.0 for Assessing Food Addiction in the Mexican Adult Population.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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Abstract
Food addiction (FA) is linked to eating disorders and obesity. The Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS), which has various versions in different languages, is widely used to assess FA worldwide. This meta-analysis aimed to assess the YFAS through reliability generalization meta-analysis (REGEMA). From their inception until April 2024, a comprehensive systematic review across more than 30 databases was conducted to identify studies reporting reliability measures (e.g., Cronbach's alpha and McDonald's omega) of the YFAS. Sixty-five studies were included in this meta-analysis, with a median sample size of 451 participants. The results of the random-effects meta-analysis showed a high pooled reliability coefficient (α = 0.85, 95% CI: 0.83 to 0.86 p < 0.001). Test-retest reliability was also estimated using a random-effects meta-analysis of 10 studies, resulting in a pooled test-retest correlation coefficient of intraclass coefficients of (ICC = 0.77, 95% CI: 0.70 to 0.84, p < 0.001). These findings highlight the consistency and robustness of the YFAS in detecting FA across studies, suggesting its reliability for screening for FA-related disordered eating.
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